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HBO Chief Richard Plepler, 30 Year Veteran, Leaving Company, Met With Revlon’s Ronald Perelman Over Weekend
Reports tonight that HBO chief Richard Plepler, who's been there since they had set top boxes, is leaving the cable company. His replacement may...
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Amazon Abandons Plans for Massive Headquarters in Long Island City After Residents Tell Them to Go Away
Amazon will not be coming to New York's Long Island City in Queens. We will have to go out to the corner and buy...
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A Media Era Comes to An End: Jann Wenner Totally Out of Rolling Stone as Penske Media Buys Up Rest of Company
Jann Wenner is out.
It's been 51 years since Wenner started Rolling Stone as a broadsheet from San Francisco. It used to fold in half...
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(Exclusive) Fyre Festival Dueling Documentaries : How Much Was Con Man Concert Producer Billy McFarland Paid to Be in One, and How?
All the rage this week: watching dueling documentaries on Netflix and Hulu about professional con artist Billy McFarland and his failed Fyre Music Festival...
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Hollywood Awards Circuit Below the Line: GBK Gift Suite Gives Small Vendors, Entrepreneurs Chance to Shine with Celebs
The Golden Globes are over, the Critics Choice Awards have passed, and the Oscars are yet to come. One of the stand out events...
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Friars Club Scandal: Director of Club Pleads Guilty in Federal Court to Tax Fraud, US Attorney Says: “No Laughing Matter”
I told you two years ago that the Friars Club was a cesspool of trouble.
Today the director of the club, Michael Gyure (sounds like...
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Pop Music: A Year After Columbia Records Named New Chief, They’ve Had No Hits at All, With the Exception of Bruce Springsteen on Broadway
The first of the year will mark the anniversary of Ron Perry taking over as president of Sony's Columbia Records. In that time, the...
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Kanye West Wants to Shut Down Soho Street After Christmas for Sneakers Launch: Community Board Vote Tonight
Do you care if Kanye West shuts down Greene Street in Soho the weekend after Christmas? If the answer is YES, then head on...